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Friday August 31, 1956
US date format: 8/31/1956, UK date format: 31/8/1956
It was Friday, under the sign of Virgo (see birth chart on August 31, 1956). The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Kent Nilsson and Tsai Ing-wen.
In UK Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera) by Doris Day was in the top 5 hits.
Attack, directed by Robert Aldrich, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1956
while The Ninth Wave by Eugene Burdick was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching The Black Tulip.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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Attack
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Jack Palance, Lee Marvin, Eddie Albert, Robert Strauss
Country: United States of America
Back from Eternity
Directed by: John Farrow
Starring: Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger, Phyllis Kirk
Bus Stop
Directed by: Joshua Logan
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field
Country: United States of America
War and Peace
Directed by: King Vidor
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman
Country: United States of America
These Wilder Years
Directed by: Roy Rowland
Starring: James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Pidgeon, Betty Lou Keim
Historical Events
Which were the important events of August 31, 1956?
- Trinidad and Tobago - Independence Day (from Great Britain, 1962)
- Kyrgyzstan - Independence Day (from USSR, 1991)
- Malaysia - Hari Merdeka, a National Day (independence within the Commonwealth, 1957)
- Moldova: Day of Our Language (Limba Noastra)
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Holidays
- Kent Nilsson
- Tsai Ing-wen: Politician.
- Maria Balazova: Slovak painter.
- Mária Balážová: Slovak painter and illustrator.
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of August 31, 1956?
- Doris Day - Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
Top #1 songs in the USA
- Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera) - Doris Day
- Anne Shelton - Lay Down Your Arms
- Rockin' Through The Rye - Bill Haley & His Comets
- Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
- Tony Martin - Walk Hand In Hand
Top #5 songs in the UK
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
The Black Tulip
Directed by: Orchard
Man Against Crime
Opportunity Knocks
Directed by: Donald Petrie
Adventure Theater
Hey, Jeannie!
Written by: Charles Isaacs
Starring: Jeannie Carson, Allen Jenkins, Jane Dulo
Country: United States of America
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in August 1956?
- LIFE: Eleanor and Adlai Stevenson
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Gamal Nasser -- Aug. 27, 1956
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.7476
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
The Age Of Fighting Sail
By: C.S. Forester
No one has been so well equipped as C. S. Forester to dramatize the sea battles of the War of 1812, to characterize the heroes more skillfully, or to comprehend more
Arthritis And Common Sense
By: Dale Alexander
Medical Self-Help/Health Arthritis and Common Sense, the best-selling one-million-copy classic on arthritis, is now available in paperback for the first time! In these pages, the arthritis sufferer will find
Don'T Go Near The Water
By: William Brinkley
At once a rousing entertaining farce and gentle love story, this novel is set on a remote Pacific island during the waning days of the World War II.
A Certain Smile
By: Francoise Sagan
Françoise Sagan is best known for her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, which caused a scandal when she first published it at the age of eighteen in 1953.
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